Nabisco quietly amended its groundskeeping contract this week to exclude approximately two acres of front lawn, formally acknowledging what employees, delivery drivers and the township have known for a month: the women are not leaving, and the grass is theirs now.
The amendment, filed as a routine vendor change, instructs the landscaping crew to “mow to the perimeter of the chairs” and to “coordinate with the woman in the red hoodie regarding the raised beds.”
The lawn, which began as one folding chair on a Sunday, now holds a covered potluck pavilion, a lending library in four coolers, a weekly lab-draw clinic run by a patient-vetted nurse practitioner, and a hand-painted sign reading NO BODY TALK AT THE TABLE.
“We looked at every option,” said a Vice President of Facilities. “Fencing, signage, a water feature. Every option involved asking them to move, and nobody could identify who would do the asking.”
Company filings now refer to the area as “the community” in three places and as “the situation” in one, which sources say was an older draft.
Cat Clark, who has not used the bullhorn in sixteen days, said the arrangement suited her. “They have a building,” she said. “We have a lawn. One of us has a potluck on Thursdays.”
At press time the landscaping crew had finished the perimeter, accepted a plate, and asked whether the clinic took walk-ins.
